DANNY LENNON insistsSt Mirren’s ambition to claim their highest finish in recent history will be the driving force for a win at Aberdeen this afternoon.

DANNY LENNON insistsSt Mirren’s ambition to claim their highest finish in recent history will be the driving force for a win at Aberdeen this afternoon.

Three points against the Dons combined with a defeat for Kilmarnock at Dunfermline would ensure the Buddies end this campaign as the best of the rest.

But Lennon believes this season has already been a success story for the Paisley side.

He said: “I want our league position to reflect the quality of football we have produced this season.

“It’s also financially rewarding for the players and the club to finish as high as possible, it could be the difference between one or two players coming in so there’s a lot to play for. We go into our last game of the season fighting for seventh place and it’s not happened since 1989-90.

“Depending on results this weekend we will finish seventh, eighth or ninth which will be our highest position in over 20 years.”

Graeme Smith, Hugh Murray, Steven Thomson and Jon McShane have been released and contract discussions will continue with Nigel Hasselbaink and Jeroen Tesselaar.

But Lennon is keeping tight-lipped about Newcastle graduates Dan Taylor and Patrick Nzuzi who have been in on trial with the club.

He said: “They trained with us on Thursday and Friday and we’ll pick it up after that. What we have seen has been favourable.”

Saints midfielder Jim Goodwin is desperate to head into the summer on a high after the disappointment of defeat to Inverness last weekend.

He said: “We’re pleased we’ve got this chance after last week. It would have been devastating to go out, after the season we’ve had, on a result like last week.”